Free at the Whitney

Every Friday evening from 5–10 pm and on the second Sunday of every month, admission to the Museum is free. Both offerings include free access to exhibitions, special programming, city views, and more. Visitors 25 and under are always free, every day. 

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Gap–Lichtenstein–Whitney

Our collaboration with Gap and the Estate of Roy Lichtenstein brings the artist’s bold visual language to an 18-piece collection of clothing and accessories. Bold patterns on sherpa. Graphic prints on tees. This is art—worn by you.

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Family Programs

Whitney family programs offer artmaking workshops, special events and tours, in-gallery activity guides, and at-home artmaking challenges. Join us for upcoming family events or Free Second Sundays.

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Video

Watch our latest video series to dive deeper into art at the Whitney.

Podcasts

Listen to Artists Among Us, featuring long-form and short-form podcasts exploring artworks and events in and around the Whitney through conversation.

artport

Check out art that's created specifically for the web on artport—the Whitney's gallery space for Internet and new-media art.


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  • Black spiral overlay spirals inward toward a glowing orange triangle on a teal background.
    Black spiral overlay spirals inward toward a glowing orange triangle on a teal background.

    Mary Ellen Bute, Synchromy No. 4: Escape, 1937–1938. 16mm film, color, sound, 4 min., transferred to video, aspect Ratio: 4:3. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee 2014.101. © Estate of Mary Ellen Bute; courtesy Arsenal - Institut für film und videokunst, Berlin

  • A steep pinkish cliff with a cascading waterfall and a lone pine tree in the foreground.
    A steep pinkish cliff with a cascading waterfall and a lone pine tree in the foreground.

    Chiura Obata, Evening Glow of Yosemite Fall, 1930. Woodblock print, sheet: 17 7/8 × 13 1/8 in. (45.4 × 33.3 cm) Image: 15 7/16 × 10 7/8 in. (39.2 × 27.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Gyo Obata 2014.280. © Gyo Obata

  • Orange reclining nude silhouette leans back beside a blue window against an olive background.
    Orange reclining nude silhouette leans back beside a blue window against an olive background.

    Kay WalkingStick, April Contemplating May, 1972. Acrylic on canvas, overall: 49 7/8 × 49 7/8 in. (126.7 × 126.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 2018.138. © Kay WalkingStick

  • Three overlapping American flags with stars and stripes, arranged in a layered pattern.
    Three overlapping American flags with stars and stripes, arranged in a layered pattern.

    Jasper Johns, Three Flags, 1958. Encaustic on canvas, overall: 30 5/8 × 45 1/2 × 4 5/8 in. (77.8 × 115.6 × 11.7 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Gilman Foundation, Inc., The Lauder Foundation, A. Alfred Taubman, Laura-Lee Whittier Woods, Howard Lipman, and Ed Downe in honor of the Museum's 50th Anniversary 80.32. © Jasper Johns / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • A woman wearing red lipstick smiles softly, her face in profile against a more vivid red background.
    A woman wearing red lipstick smiles softly, her face in profile against a more vivid red background.

    Alex Katz, The Red Smile, 1963. Oil on linen, overall: 78 7/8 × 115 in. (200.3 × 292.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Painting and Sculpture Committee 83.3. © Alex Katz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Camera on tripod faces a white wall collage showing a person's legs and small photos.
    Camera on tripod faces a white wall collage showing a person's legs and small photos.

    Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Self-Portrait Study with Roses at Night (1709), 2015. Inkjet print, sheet: 87 5/16 × 60 1/16 in. (221.8 × 152.6 cm) Image: 83 7/8 × 59 5/8 in. (213 × 151.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Photography Committee 2017.59. © Paul Mpagi Sepuya

On the Hour

A 30-second online art project:
Frank WANG Yefeng, The Levitating Perils #2

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